Misago
Fully featured modern forum application that is fast, scalable and responsive.
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Still maintained? Yes: 18 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.39.6 (Jun 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
Misago quick facts
- Health score
- 80/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,781
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.39.6, Jun 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Misago aims to be complete, featured and modern forum solution that has no fear to say 'NO' to common and outdated opinions about how forum software should be made and what it should do."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Misago scores 80/100, #24 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 18 commits in the last 90 days earn 21.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.39.6, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,781 stars add 13.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 14.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 21.0 / 35
18 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.39.6 released 4 months ago
- Stars 13.8 / 20
2.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 18
- Last 90 days
- 105
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #24 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Isso (#23) and Hubzilla (#25) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 0.39.6 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 2,781 |
| Open issues | 170 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | rafalp/Misago ↗ |
Misago vs its top 5 alternatives
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Misago: common questions
Is Misago still maintained?
Misago had 18 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 0.39.6, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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